Trade Commission Says Samsung Violated Apple Patents And Will Block Some Phones From Being Imported To U.S.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Samsung has violated some of Apple's iPhone patents and will block some Samsung phones from being imported to the U.S.

Specifically, the ITC said Samsung violates the so-called "Steve Jobs Patent" that covers a lot of the swiping gestures used on touchscreen phones. The ITC also said Samsung violated a patent that has to do with the iPhone's headphone jack.

The news comes a few days after President Barack Obama vetoed an order from the ITC that blocked some older iPhone and iPad models from being imported to the U.S. because they infringed on Samsung patents. Obama has 60 days to veto this ban too.

Apple did not respond to a request for comment, but Samsung did. Samsung isn't happy:

We are disappointed that the ITC has issued an exclusion order based on two of Apple’s patents. However, Apple has been prevented from trying to use its overbroad design patents to achieve a monopoly on rectangles and rounded corners. The proper focus for the smartphone industry is not a global war in the courts, but fair competition in the marketplace. Samsung will continue to launch many innovative products and we have already taken measures to ensure that our products will continue to be available in the United States.